People management software BrightHR can now integrate with Alexa, providing HR departments and small businesses with a time-saving office assistant. Once BrightHR skills have been installed, you can get instant spoken answers to absence-related queries such as ‘Alexa, ask BrightHR who is out today?’ or ‘Alexa, ask BrightHR is Dave out on October 23rd?’. (To find out more about business adoption of voice-activated technology, read the following article on our website: